magic coach

Chapter 169 Reaching the Finals

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There was no suspense in the 29th round of the league with Graf Sharp. After consecutive draws, Alkmaar began to recover in the sprint stage. They beat their opponents 3:0 in the away game without any suspense. A league title is just one step away.

Since the points difference between No.2 Feyenoord and Alkmaar is 12 points, and in terms of goal difference and mutual victory, Alkmaar has the upper hand. In the next game, as long as Alkmaar wins Heerenveen, they are sure to win the championship.

However, before winning the championship trophy, Alkmaar still needs to play a semi-final of the Dutch Cup. Their opponent is Lucky Xueda. With no suspense about the league championship, if they eliminate Lucky Xueda and win the Netherlands Tickets for the cup final are perfect for Alkmaar.

For small clubs in low-level leagues, cup games are often an important part of survival and management. Although the prize money for winning cup games is pitiful, it is extremely important for small clubs. If you are lucky, you can advance to the second half The game, the ticket income is also a lot of wealth.

But for some clubs that are aiming to advance to the next level, the meaning of the cup is a bit difficult to choose, because the two-line battle is a test of the depth of the team's bench. Under the current situation, the cup competition will usually be abandoned. Although there will be less extra income, if the upgrade is successful, the benefits brought will far exceed the benefits brought by the cup competition.

Fortunately, the Xueda team stumbled on the way to the Dutch Cup. After winning two second division teams, their luck was very bad in the fourth round. They drew a team that was rising rapidly in the Eredivisie. II.

Originally, Lucky Xueda planned to send all the substitutes for this cup game, but on the eve of the game, Lucky Xueda's head coach Dussel changed his mind and planned to play with all the main players, because he wanted to accumulate early matches with the Eredivisie. The team's game experience, and they won, and then went all the way to the semi-finals.

Now Lucky Xueda's opponent is Alkmaar, who basically won the championship ahead of schedule with 24 wins. The outside world basically has no hope for the possibility of Lucky Xueda advancing.

"Although we don't have much hope, we will not give up. Although I hope to return to Alkmaar, I will fight for Lucky Scheder's first participation in the Dutch Cup final." Lucky Scheder's forward Max said before the game so.

Max is a striker who was born in Alkmaar's youth training camp, and later he was loaned to the lucky Xueda of Holland [-]. When Max became a member of the az club, he had imagined countless times that he would appear at the De Hoult Stadium. Today, he realized This wish, however, is Alkmaar's opponent.

Wearing a black visiting team jersey, Max entered the field with his teammates. After walking out of the player tunnel, he felt the hustle and bustle of the De Hoult Stadium. The fans enthusiastically cheered for their players, but obviously, Max belonged to the enemy. , only boos and curses greeted him.

Players from the two teams began to shake hands. Max looked at the familiar faces in front of him, and his fighting spirit became more vigorous. Suleiman, Martens, Silva, his teammates and teachers all won the starting lineup in this game. Alkmaar's lineup is full of main players.

"Unfortunately, your cup tour is over." Martens said when shaking hands with Max. He still likes to speak out like before.

"You're not going to get it easy," Max shot back, as usual.

After the start of the game, the second-tier team Lucky Xueda was almost beaten in their own half. In Marr's lineup, his performance can also be described as quite satisfactory. The cross that was once criticized by everyone is also quite threatening. Several times the oblique long pass accurately found Drogba, the pillar of the striker. It is a pity that Drogba today He was unlucky, and couldn't find the sight even if he kicked his head or kicked his feet.His teammates knew Max's technical characteristics very well, so Jiang Mu didn't send someone to mark Max in tactical deployment, and Max rarely had a good chance to get the ball and was completely blocked.

Although Alkmaar did not take the second-tier team lucky Xue Da into their hearts, they did their best.The breakthrough of Dirk and Kronkamp was very sharp.

In the 8th minute, after taking the ball, Dirk Driven dribbled the ball along the sideline very quickly. When he broke through to the bottom line, everyone thought he was going to cross, but he took the ball past Lucky Xueda The team's defender approached the penalty area, opened the gap and hit the goal vigorously with his left foot.

The ball is powerful and heavy.But luckily Xue Da's team goalkeeper was already prepared.Turn sideways and hold the football in your arms.He glanced at the position of White in the back.A strong hand tossed the ball over.

Lucky Scheidar's midfielder White was looking at the ball and was about to stop it with his chest.Unexpectedly, Gattuso suddenly jumped in, jumped up from the side and headed the football to his teammate.Then Alkmaar counterattacked on the spot.

The ball passed to striker Drogba's feet.

A second-tier team is a second-tier team, stronger than Drogba standing on the edge of the penalty area and unmarked for a second.Drogba did not choose to break into the restricted area.Instead, push the ball forward a distance of one meter.Then hit the ground running.Swing your right leg and prepare for a direct long-range shot.Watching Drogba calmly bend his bow and shoot the eagle.At this time, the defender of the lucky Xue Da team thought of stepping up to steal, but it was already too late.

Didier Drogba's shot was more powerful than the previous shot by Dirk.The football goes straight to the upper left corner of the goal without any spin.The goalkeeper flew to save but could not touch the football.

boom!

There was a loud noise.The football hit the crossbar!

Lucky Xueda, who broke out in a cold sweat, finally breathed a sigh of relief, while the players in Alkmaar showed expressions of regret.

After the football bounced out, it landed at the foot of Lucky Xueda's right midfielder. He glanced at the forward Max's position, and instead of choosing a short pass as before, he cleverly passed a high ball, which landed on Alkmaar Wide backcourt.

Max secretly praised his teammate for passing the ball well. If the ground ball is passed to him, even if he receives the ball, he may not be able to get rid of the defenders around him. This high ball makes him compete with the opponent's defenders for speed. , Max is a strong point.

Max wanted to catch the landing football first, and then took advantage of the trend to attack the opponent's hinterland, but he did not expect that the opponent's central defender Lucio was extremely explosive and fast. He caught up to Max in two steps, and then boldly made a steal .

However, Lucio underestimated the opponent, and Max was very alert. He was not tall and fast, and he passed the ball before Lucio could steal it.

At the same time another fast striker slanted up and received a pass from Max.

Fortunately, Xue Da's striker used two speed forwards today, and the midfielder and backcourt were full of tall players.The central defender Martens who partnered with Lucio today was not as fast as Lucio, and did not catch up with the supporting striker.

However, the striker's technique was rough, and the single-handed ball was blocked by Silva.

Fortunately, Xue Da's attack reminded Alkmaar that they didn't dare to be careless anymore, and put in a lot of energy to deal with this second-tier team. Soon Drogba and Thomason scored one goal each. The ball leads to 2:0.

Although Alkmaar still has a chance to expand the score, due to bad luck, he hit two goalposts in a row, and the score of 2:0 has not changed.

Seeing that his opponent seemed to accept his fate, Alkmaar relaxed his vigilance, wanting to complete the promotion easily and happily.

However, 40 minutes into the first half of the game, a pass error between Lucio and Van Bommel, the ball was cut off by former Alkmaar player Max, who dribbled towards Martens.

Martens looked solemnly at Max. He didn't expect that the training in the second class made Max grow very fast. He was not sure to cut off his ball, so he could only delay Max and buy time for other teammates to return to defense. Max did not I don’t want to get too entangled with Martens. After all, it’s unwise to engage in physical confrontation with Martens. This former teammate’s defense is very good, so Max feinted twice, and before Martens approached, he passed the football. out.

Lucky Scheidar's midfielder White got the ball and dribbled forward.Martens turned around and found that Lucio was marking White next to him. He was relieved. The Brazilian is not easy to mess with.

White, who was defended by Lucio, was under some pressure. After receiving the ball, he only took one step, and then put on a shooting posture. However, there were guards around him, and the shooting space was limited. If he barely shot, the chance of scoring was not great.

However, White did not shoot. The fake shot was just to attract Lucio's attention. He swung his right foot but failed to shoot the ball. Instead, he knocked the ball back behind him with his heel.

Everyone's eyes were full of astonishment, because the ball happened to pass to Max's feet.

The cooperation between Max and White is already full of tacit understanding. Max doesn't need to say anything at all. The two can always think of going together, and this time, it is a beautiful cooperation between them.

Facing the incoming ball, Max did not stop the ball, straightened his right foot and directly volleyed vigorously. The football went straight to the upper right corner of the goal. Goalkeeper Silva was powerless. The ball was too fast and the angle was tricky. The goal was a sure thing.

"goooooooal... Lucky Xue Da made a wonderful cooperation. Max passed the ball to White who was in the middle under the defense of Martens. White didn't force his foot to shoot, but smartly knocked back to Max who was active in the running position. Underfoot, this kick was shot by Max in a completely relaxed situation, and it was extremely powerful, lucky Xue Da unexpectedly pulled it back..."

There was a huge sigh from the fans in the stands, and it seemed that it fell silent for a moment.

After scoring the goal, Max knelt down and slid to the sidelines. White chased after him, hugged his neck and laughed: "How is it? It feels good to hit the ball into Alkmaar's goal!"

"Of course! I know, you must also want to try it!" Max smiled excitedly. He likes the feeling of scoring a goal and can vent his excitement wantonly.

"Ah! Let them score a goal!" Dirk said unhappily in the stands.

Siherinja smiled wryly, "Maybe the players are too relaxed."

Jiang Mu on the sidelines was furious and yelled at the players. Although the opponent was an underdog, this is how the upset in the cup match came about. If you don't play seriously, maybe the next big upset will be Alkmaar .

Alkmaar was finally awakened by Jiang Mugou's blood-spouting curse, and then launched a fierce counterattack.

Fortunately, the Xueda team pulled back a goal, but in exchange for Alkmaar's more violent bombardment, there was a sudden panic in front of their goal, everyone played 12 points, and everyone defended in the penalty area. Marr had no way to do it for a while, but fortunately Xue Da finally kept the situation behind by one goal until the end of halftime.

In the locker room, Jiang Mu scolded the players again, then did not make any changes, said, "I don't command, let's see if you can play well", and went out directly.

After the start of the second half of the game, there were not many changes in the personnel of both sides, but the players of Alkmaar were more than one step ahead in strength, and scored a goal at the beginning. When Lucky Xueda began to decline in physical fitness, the players of Alkmaar They are still alive and well, and their offense is more threatening. In the 55th and 77th and 79th minutes of the second half, Alkmaar scored 3 more goals, Drogba even staged a hat-trick, and the score became 6:1.

The team was slaughtered. Neither coach Dussel nor forward Max could do anything about it. After all, the strength was not at the same level. Max received the ball almost zero in the second half, and more often he was running meaninglessly looking for opportunities.It wasn't until the 83rd minute that Max took a free kick to help Lucky Xueda score another goal, but then Alkmaar scored another goal and retaliated. Now Alkmaar has reached the point where he wants to score a goal. Just to worry about the opponent's revenge and unwilling to score again.

In the end, luckily Xue Da failed to create a miracle on Alkmaar in this knockout match. They lost the game 2:7. Alkmaar easily advanced to the final. Their opponents eliminated Ajax after a penalty shootout. Feyenoord, time is May 5.

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